Spring Arrives

I rest in Winter's scorn for Spring to come And watch thin sun thrust light on shadows low I'll wait in dusk and cold until they grow When warm sun's gleam cause Winter to succumb And Spring arrives at end of Winter's thrum Green leaves will sprout, unwrap in sunlight's glow Winter will creep away though passing slow And wings of honey bees begin to hum The days of Spring will drizzle softer rain To wet a Winter's ragged brown of need And free brightest colors from Winter's grime Beneath the sunlit realm of Spring's domain As birds aloft begin their search for seed The Spring again will roll the wheel of time 3/10/18 contest Petrarchan Sonnet